My Pull List for Week 9 of 2021

This week I actually cut back on the number of new issues I pulled and while there still appear to be some really good comics being released this week, I just didn’t jump on board as many.

New Weekly Releases

• BRZKR #1
  by Matt Kindt, Keanu Reeves, and Ron Garney.
  Published by BOOM! Studios, 2021.
  Discover the next blockbuster action franchise from the iconic KEANU REEVES in his Must Read comic book writing debut alongside New York Times best-selling co-writer Matt Kindt (Folklords, Bang!) and acclaimed artist Alessandro Vitti (Marvel’s Secret Warriors) in a brutally violent new series about one immortal warrior’s fight through the ages. The man known only as Berzerker is half-mortal and half-God, cursed and compelled to violence…even at the sacrifice of his sanity. But after wandering the world for centuries, Berzerker may have finally found a refuge – working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too violent and too dangerous for anyone else. In exchange, Berzerker will be granted the one thing he desires – the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence… and how to end it.
• Dungeons & Dragons: At the Spine of the World #4
  by AJ Mendez, Aimee Garcia, and Martin Coccolo.
  Published by IDW Publishing, 2021.
  To rescue one of their own, Runa, Saarvin, and Patience must brave the mines! Out of the snow, can they survive the onslaught of enemies who await them? Based on the massively popular game and featuring a brand-new cast of characters, written by New York Times bestselling author AJ Mendez and writer/actor Aimee Garcia!
• Star Wars: The High Republic #3
  by Cavan Scott andArio Anindito.
  Published by Marvel Comics, 2021.
  ALL-NEW SERIES CONTINUES! A DARK MYSTERY ONLY THE JEDI CAN UNRAVEL…BUT AT WHAT COST?  A planet stricken by a mysterious blight. One JEDI missing and another driven insane.  What horror lurks in the darkness beneath the rotting crops?   Death is averted, but a terrible union is formed. Can KEEVE TRENNIS protect an innocent life while facing betrayal from within her own order?
• Nocterra #1
  by Scott Snyder, Tony Daniel, and Tomeu Morley.
  Published by Image Comics, 2021.
  “FULL THROTTLE DARK,” Part One-Ten years after the world is plunged into an everlasting night that turns all living creatures into monstrous shades, the only way to survive is to stay close to artificial light. Enter Valentina “Val” Riggs, a skilled ferryman who transports people and goods along deadly unlit roads with her heavily illuminated eighteen wheeler. This March, legendary creators SCOTT SNYDER (Dark Knights: Death Metal, WYTCHES) and TONY S. DANIEL (Batman, Deathstroke) unveil horrors beyond any shade in this extra-sized first issue.
• Comic Book History of Animation #4
  by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey.
  Published by IDW Publishung, 2021.
  Don’t touch that dial! It’s SATURDAY MORNING FUNHOUSE! We roll into the 1960s, during which a CBS executive named Fred Silverman had the brilliant idea to turn Saturday mornings into all kids programming, transforming the toon landscape forever! Hanna and Barbera are fired from MGM, but become the biggest animators in the country-but what happens to all the jobs sent overseas? In Japan, the animation industry begins taking its first few steps toward dominance, where Hayao Miyazaki begins learning his trade-and yearning for more!
• James Bond: Agent of Spectre #1
  by Christos Cage and Luca Casalanguida.
  Published by Dynamite Entertainment, 2021.
  AGENT OF SPECTRE Part 1! There’s a civil war brewing within SPECTRE. An upstart American member of the international criminal organization is attempting a coup, threatening to depose Ernst Stavro Blofeld. She’s on guard against Blofeld’s men, so to take her out, Blofeld recruits a wild card – James Bond! With Blofeld threatening the life of Bond’s friend Felix Leiter as leverage, Bond agrees…but he has a plan to use this internal strife to bring SPECTRE down once and for all. Will he succeed, or is this a dark path from which even 007 can’t return?
• Infinite Frontier #0
  by Brian Michael Bendis, Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Geoff Johns, Phillip K. Johnson, Joelle Jones, Tim Sheridan, Scott Snyder, Geoffrey Thorne, James Tynion IV, Joshua Williamson, Stephen Byrne, Jamal Igle, Jorge Jimenez, Joelle Jones, Alex Maleev, David Marquez, Alitha Martinez, Todd Nauck, Howard Porter, John Romita Jr., Rafa Sandoval, Dexter Soy, John Timms.
  Published by DC Comics, 2021.
  The next phase of the DC Universe begins here! Dark Knights: Death Metal presented the darkest threats of the Multiverse. DC Future State revealed what may lie ahead. Now it’s time to look into the Infinite Frontier of the current-day DC Universe. In Gotham City, The Joker jolts citizens awake with an attack even the Dark Knight never expected. In Brazil, a young woman discovers her destiny and her connection to the Amazons. In Belle Reve, Amanda Waller plots an invasion of Arkham Asylum. In the far reaches of space, Mongul dreams of galactic domination, while the Green Lantern Corps hosts a summit of its greatest enemies. At the Hall of Justice, the League joins forces with Black Adam. Beyond the mortal world, Wonder Woman settles into a new role in the godsphere. And somewhere in the DC Universe-it’s the return of Stargirl, in an all-new tale written by Geoff Johns! This oversized, all-star issue kicks off the next great era of storytelling and excitement as top writers and artists reveal what’s next for the World’s Greatest Heroes and opens the door to some of the greatest stories of 2021.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer #23
  by Jeremy Lambert, Jodie Bellaire, and Ramon Bachs.
  Published by BOOM! Studios, 2021.
  The Scooby Gang has been torn apart… and no one is safe. Giles, Willow, Ethan (sorry, still a ghost) and Anya have discovered the true threat of the multiverse…one that changes everything they thought they knew. But while Buffy must fight the Slayer from Before, it seems that Xander has returned…

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